IU football game day: Illinois at Indiana primer and predictions

Indiana kicks off its 138th season of soccer on Friday night time in Bloomington, and the Hoosiers can be trying to get the unhealthy style of 2021 out of their mouths.

However to do it, they’ll should knock off a Huge Ten foe in a crucial season-opener that would swing the season.

Illinois is recent off a formidable 38-6 rout of Wyoming, and now the enjoyable begins with per week one Huge Ten matchup.

It’s the Hoosiers and Illini underneath the Friday night time lights.

ILLINOIS (1-0) at INDIANA (0-0)

• Kickoff:  8:00 p.m. Japanese
• Location:  Bloomington, Ind., Memorial Stadium (52,656; subject turf)
• Tv: FS1 — Tim Brando (pbp), Spencer Tillman (analyst)
• Stream:  Fox Sports activities
• Radio:  IU Soccer radio community
• Odds:  Indiana is a 1.5-point favourite
• Climate at kickoff:  81 levels, largely cloudy, wind 3 mph, 2% likelihood of precipitation.
• Collection:  Illinois leads the general sequence, 45-25-2.  IU leads 15-13-1 in Bloomington. IU has received three straight and received final assembly 24-14 in 2017.
• The Coaches:

Tom Allen is in his sixth yr as head coach at IU.  He holds a 26-32 file.

Bret Bielema is in his second yr as head coach at Illinois.  He holds a 6-7 file there, and a 103-65 mark in 14 seasons as a head coach.

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THE COMPLETE BIG TEN WEEK ONE SLATE

ILLINOIS’ WEEK ZERO AND LEADERS

• Illinois beat Wyoming, 38-6, final week for a Week 0 win in its second straight season. Final season,
Illinois beat Nebraska, 30-22, in Week 0.

• The Illini opened the sport with a bang with a two-play landing drive and by no means trailed. Chase
Brown took his first carry of the season 38 yards up the precise sideline earlier than senior Tommy DeVito
linked with Brown for a 14-yard TD move one play afterward his first move try as an Illini.

• Illinois allowed simply 30 passing yards towards Wyoming, its fewest passing yards allowed since
Sept. 15, 2012 when the Illini held Charleston Southern to 29 passing yards.

• Illinois has held opponents to twenty factors or much less in 5 of its final six video games, courting again to Oct. 23,
2021.

• Illinois held the Cowboys to 1-for-12 on third down. Wyoming began the sport by going 0-for-11
on third down earlier than choosing up a 3rd down within the fourth quarter towards the Illini backups.

• Illinois’ 477 yards of whole offense have been the Illini’s most underneath Bret Bielema (most since 490 at
Nebraska 11/21/2020).

2022 STATISTICAL LEADERS
Passing – Tommy DeVito:  27-of-34, 194 yds, 2 TD
Speeding – Chase Brown: 19 for 151 yds, 2 TD
Receiving – Pat Bryant:  3 for 44 yds, 1 TD
Tackles – Jartavius Martin: 7 tkls, 3 PBU
Sacks: None
Interceptions – Devon Witherspoon: 1

PREDICTIONS

Illinois’ offense doesn’t strike concern with huge play potential, however their protection is fairly good.  That sounds loads like Indiana.

It appears like we’re in for a comparatively low scoring sport that comes all the way down to the ultimate drive.

TDH:  INDIANA 24  ILLINOIS 23

CFN:  Illinois 27, Indiana 24

Athlon:  Illinois 20, Indiana 17

ESPN SP+ (Laptop) Illinois 23  Indiana 23

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